Senior Software Engineer - Android
Location: US, TX, Austin/San Antonio
Department: R&D
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Oil & Energy
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
WellAware is an oil field communications and software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in San Antonio, TX that provides a seamless, complete monitoring and production management solution for its customers. Founded on the premise that well, pipeline, and safety data is often unreliable and difficult to obtain, WellAware has assembled a group of industry experts, automation specialists, and world-class software and network engineers to transform oil field communications and software.By strategically deploying the most advanced machine-to-machine network in the world over U.S. shale plays and creating a mobile production software to manage it, WellAware drastically increases the reliability and security of measurement data, while reducing cost and making data meaningful across your entire business.

Job description:
The Senior Software Engineer is highly experienced in developing UI applications and components for mobile applications. We are looking for a new team member who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications. 

Requirements:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.Apply knowledge of mobile application technologies, methodologies, processes and tools to carefully analyze and test software.Conceptualize new software for the company that may expand the suite of products currently offered.Re-factor current application design and/or implementation to support application enhancement requests.Use design patterns to solve application issues.Create reusable libraries and application service frameworks.Evaluate and research latest technologies.Support production issues.Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.Resolve application performance and scalability issues by identifying the bottle-necks, memory leaks and key areas of improvement.Conduct research on emerging application service development software products, languages and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.Minimum Qualifications:5+ years experience in application development2+ years experience Android development and have published at least one original Android appAbility to re-style default Android look and feel to meet designer’s expectationsExperience developing custom widgetsStrong skills defining xml layouts  to implement complex screensExperience with Android SDKExperience working with remote data view REST and JSONExperience with third-party libraries and APIsWorking knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologiesFundementals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysisAbility to create data models and message exchange requirements for interfacesDesign skills with experience in Object Oriented Design (OOD), Design Patterns, Database Design, Data modeling required Domain Driven Design desirableExperience with any testing frameworks requiredOther skills in refactoring, requirements gathering/analysis, Software Configuration Management Tools (SVN, Git or Mercurial) is a plusExperience with Agile Development methodology is a plusAbility to work independently as well as perform as part of a small, close knit development team required, Paired Programming desirableExperience developing for a software products company is preferredExperienced in test driven development (TDD) methodology to develop software

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